Patents by Inventor Toby Basey-Fisher

Toby Basey-Fisher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11957827
    Abstract: A sample holder for use in a centrifuge, the sample holder being generally planar and comprising: an aperture or recess for releasably retaining a sample storage member including a sample chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid; a centre point around which the holder will rotate during use; and one or more calibration features, wherein the calibration feature(s) comprise one or more outer edges, which lie on the side of the or each calibration feature which is furthest from the centre point, and the one or more outer edges comprise a series of radially spaced-apart outer edge portions or positions which are spaced at different distances from the centre point as a function of angular position around the centre point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Entia Limited
    Inventors: Millie Clive-Smith, Toby Basey-Fisher
  • Patent number: 11372006
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in a whole blood sample includes a sample holder including an elongate sample chamber having an open end and a closed end. A holding member is adapted to receive and retain the sample holder. The holding member rotates may rotate about an axis of rotation. When the sample holder is received and retained by the holding member the sample chamber is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation. First and second light sources are positioned on one side of the sample holder and are configured to emit light in respective different frequencies. At least one light sensor is positioned on a second side of the sample holder, opposite from the first side, so that light from the light source may pass through the sample chamber, in at least one rotational position of the sample holder, and impinge on the light sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Entia Ltd.
    Inventors: Toby Basey-Fisher, Christopher Burrows
  • Patent number: 11287365
    Abstract: A cuvette comprising: a main body having a sample chamber formed therein, the sample chamber communicating with the exterior of the cuvette by an opening formed in the exterior of the main body, wherein the sample chamber comprises a first sample chamber and a second sample chamber, the first sample chamber being in fluid communication with the opening, and the second sample chamber having a first end which is in fluid communication with the first sample chamber, and a second, closed end, the second sample chamber being in fluid communication with the exterior of the cuvette only through the first chamber, the first chamber having a width which is greater than that of the second chamber, and further wherein the greatest width of the opening is greater than or equal to the greatest width of the first sample chamber, the greatest width of the first sample chamber is greater than or equal to the greatest width of the second sample chamber, and the width of the sample chamber, passing from the opening to the clos
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Entia Limited
    Inventors: Millie Clive-Smith, Toby Basey-Fisher
  • Publication number: 20210072262
    Abstract: An apparatus for determining the mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) in a whole blood sample, comprising: a sample holder including an elongate sample chamber having an open end and a closed end; a holding member adapted to receive and retain the sample holder, wherein the holding member may rotate about an axis of rotation, and wherein, when the sample holder is received and retained by the holding member the sample chamber is substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation; first and second light sources positioned on one side of the sample holder, configured to emit light in respective different frequencies; and at least one light sensor positioned on a second side of the sample holder, opposite from the first side, so that light from the light source may pass through the sample chamber, in at least one rotational position of the sample holder, and impinge on the at least one light sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Toby Basey-Fisher, Christopher Burrows
  • Publication number: 20200209145
    Abstract: A cuvette comprising: a main body having a sample chamber formed therein, the sample chamber communicating with the exterior of the cuvette by an opening formed in the exterior of the main body, wherein the sample chamber comprises a first sample chamber and a second sample chamber, the first sample chamber being in fluid communication with the opening, and the second sample chamber having a first end which is in fluid communication with the first sample chamber, and a second, closed end, the second sample chamber being in fluid communication with the exterior of the cuvette only through the first chamber, the first chamber having a width which is greater than that of the second chamber, and further wherein the greatest width of the opening is greater than or equal to the greatest width of the first sample chamber, the greatest width of the first sample chamber is greater than or equal to the greatest width of the second sample chamber, and the width of the sample chamber, passing from the opening to the clos
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Millie Clive-Smith, Toby Basey-Fisher
  • Publication number: 20200054819
    Abstract: A sample holder for use in a centrifuge, the sample holder being generally planar and comprising: an aperture or recess for releasably retaining a sample storage member including a sample chamber adapted to contain a volume of liquid; a centre point around which the holder will rotate during use; and one or more calibration features, wherein the calibration feature(s) comprise one or more outer edges, which lie on the side of the or each calibration feature which is furthest from the centre point, and the one or more outer edges comprise a series of radially spaced-apart outer edge portions or positions which are spaced at different distances from the centre point as a function of angular position around the centre point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Millie Clive-Smith, Toby Basey-Fisher
  • Patent number: D1071247
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Entia Limited
    Inventors: Gerardo Jose Leon Galvez, Judith Berger, Joseph O'Connor, Toby Basey-Fisher, Honor Jennings